Bulldozer of the NBA’s Restricted Area

"This... This game was too fierce! Oh, God, who would have thought that the Hornets, who lost two main players, would be able to fight the Jazz to this extent?"

"I can't believe Lee is fighting Karl Malone?"

"My God, Malone's iron elbow is not a joke. Think about it...Isai Thomas of the Pistons, who ate Malone's elbow, had to sew a total of forty stitches. If an ordinary person , It is estimated that it is possible to be elbowed to death!"

"God, pray... Li won't be killed by Ma Long, right?!"

"How is it possible? Open your eyes and take a look. Our Li, he never suffers. I believe Ma Long doesn't suffer either!"

Watching the crazy fight between the two sides, the entire Charlotte arena was boiling.

The stadium was full of gunpowder, and the fans in the auditorium could smell blood. Even the audience watching the live broadcast of the game became excited. At this moment, winning or losing points became irrelevant. Winning or losing is what they care most about, whoever lies down first loses!

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The last 6 minutes!

Because the Jazz has strengthened their defense unprecedentedly, especially the defense on the inside, which made Larry Johnson, who reappeared and prepared to increase the firepower of the Hornets, explode in anger.

Not to mention the opportunities for open shots, the Jazz's defense doesn't even give them the chance to play one-on-one. He is trapped when he holds the ball, and the defense is over when he splits the ball. The meaning of his existence seems to be to attract Li Shengli. defense.

Seeing that Larry Johnson was being guarded, and Curry was also taken out by Stockton with a low shooting rate. In desperation, in addition to Johnson, Curry formed a breakthrough Hornets logistics department, which was responsible for delivering the ball safely to the corner. In the hands of Li Shengli, the more stable Li Shengli made the move.

For a while, Li Shengli became the key figure for the Hornets to break through, and the Jazz also knew this. Karl Malone frantically defended the front line!

However, compared with the ferocity of the offensive end, Malone's defensive end is very restrained, because many lethal moves are not easy to perform, unless Jazz power forward Larry supports the defense, otherwise it is not so easy for him to suppress Li Shengli.

But Larry chose to pinch defense, and Johnson missed it. Even with teammate Tyrone's supplementary defense, Johnson can quickly end the battle and complete the offense one-on-one.

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Play until the last 40 seconds.

The score between the two sides was 97:100. The Hornets worked hard to narrow the point difference from 5 points to 3 points. On the other side, the Jazz suppressed the Hornets outside very well. Although they were also pinching the inside, they wanted to limit Li Shengli , the effect was not satisfactory, but Li Shengli, who was seeking stability, faced the pinch defense and handed the ball to Johnson several times.

Therefore, Li Shengli's assist data has increased by 3, the total assists have reached 11, and the block data has not changed. As for the scoring and rebounds, the growth rate has slowed down a lot. The total data is 39 points + 21 rebounds + 11 assists + 4 cap.

However……

There are 40 seconds left in the game, no accident, it is two rounds, but the ball is in the hands of the Jazz, which is very unfriendly to the Hornets.

If the Jazz score in this round and the handicap reaches 5 points, then the Hornets' counterattack is meaningless. After all, it only takes 4 points to play 3+1, and it can't save the Hornets.

On the contrary, the Jazz did not score, and the point difference remained at 3 points. The Hornets made a counterattack with a three-pointer, which was only dragged into overtime, but the three-pointer was not easy...Leaving aside the Hornets' shooting percentage, the Jazz didn't even care about the two-pointers inside. Directly stacking three-pointers on the outside can crush the Hornets to death.

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Two rounds of life and death!

The Jazz attacked first, Stockton organized the offense from the outside, and Malone, as the Jazz's most important firepower, quickly pulled to the bottom corner on the left side of the penalty area to receive the ball. And the Utah Shuangsha's cooperation is too tacit. As soon as Malone is in place, Stockton's pass follows closely, exactly.

"Boy, if you don't want to lie on the floor, you'd better get out of the way obediently!"

For the sake of the game, as one of the old hooligans in the NBA, Karl Malone is still calm. And Li Shengli raised his arms to support Karl Malone, and said, "Try it, let me tell you... who will be lying on the floor!"

With a cold face, Karl Malone turned his back decisively and opened the way with an iron elbow. But this time when he turned his back in a low position, the position of the elbow was still Li Shengli's waist and abdomen.

To be honest... the waving with the back turned can stabilize the center of gravity, and whether the penalty is whistled or not depends on whether the movement is strong enough. At this critical moment, Ma Long did not dare to probe the referee's bottom. The Hornets' home court, so the range of action is not large, but if you really want to eat like this, no one will feel uncomfortable.

As far as Li Shengli is concerned, if Malone is really let go, even if Johnson's defense is in place, Malone can still pass the ball to the Jazz power forward.

So... Li Shengli must not let it go. When Ma Long launched an attack, he lowered his center of gravity in an instant, tensed all the muscles in his body, took small steps and moved laterally, blocking Ma Long's way.

Is this kid crazy?

Karl Malone was very surprised. Although his movements were not large, they were not something anyone could handle, and the kid in front of him didn't even want to hide? In the end, his elbow was still there, but Li Shengli also raised his arm, seemingly turning around to block the way forward, but in fact it was an elbow.

The clay figurine was still angry, and Li Shengli, who was extremely angry, refused to budge.

boom!

Although the two of them didn't move much, they had amazing arms. After a dull voice, several people next to them had toothaches, let alone the two parties who were so painful that they grinned.

Are you crazy?

Can you still beat your elbows like this?

Fortunately, there is not much time left in the game, otherwise... if the elbow goes down like this, one of them will definitely be abolished!

The offense was blocked, and he was very upset. Malone passed the ball back to Stockton, who was responding to him, and Bennett, who was following him, had no time to defend. Stockton made a shot and hit the ball. The point difference returned 5 points, less than 20 seconds left.

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It's over!

lost!

Hornets generals are desperate.

The so-called two rounds of life and death... They were locked in the first round, with a 5-point difference and 20 seconds, no matter how much they counterattacked, they would be powerless.

last round.

The Jazz's defense has relaxed a lot, and they don't want to give the opponent a chance to play 2+1 or even 3+1, because the only chance for the Hornets is to play 3+1, fail to make a penalty, and then fight for an offensive rebound to score again.

However, the difficulty of this kind of comeback can no longer be described as great. Unless a miracle comes, there will be a glimmer of life, but... obviously this match is not under the control of miracles!

In the end, Curry made a three-pointer, and Stockton, who was marking him, didn't even make a defensive move. He let him shoot and scored, but it didn't help, because the ball returned to the Jazz, and they Slowly dragged out the time and won this victory!

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The Hornets ushered in a five-game losing streak at home, with a total record of 8 wins and 6 losses.

In the 14 games, except for the perfect 7-game winning streak, the remaining 7 games ended with 1 win and 6 losses, which is really embarrassing.

But looking at this game alone, the Hornets' performance is absolutely brave without the two main players on the outside. After all, the opponent is the Utah Jazz, a Western powerhouse.